A new Child-Turcotte-Pugh class 0 for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: determinants, prognostic impact and ability to improve the current staging systems.

A new Child-Turcotte-Pugh class 0 for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: determinants, prognostic impact and ability to improve the current staging systems.

Majority of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) belonged to Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) class A. We aimed to identify a new class of patients with very well-preserved liver function and analyze its impact on outcome prediction, tumor staging and treatment allocation.A total of 2654 HCC patien...

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Main Authors: Yun-Hsuan Lee, Chia-Yang Hsu, Chen-Wei Chu, Po-Hong Liu, Cheng-Yuan Hsia, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Chien-Wei Su, Yi-You Chiou, Han-Chieh Lin, Teh-Ia Huo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4048310?pdf=render

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